Feeding Time - Main Dish - Baked Beans with Fruit Main Dish Baked Beans with Fruit Cooking Time; Overnight Soak plus 3 hours Serves 6 Ingredients 2 cups dried navy beans 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoons dry mustard 1 onion, chopped fine 1/2 cup chutney   2 apples, sliced 1 can sliced peaches 1/2 cup dried apricots 1/4 cup brown rice syrup 1/4 cup molasses ground pepper, to taste Soak washed beans overnight in 1 1/2 quarts water. Drain the beans and combine with 2 quarts water and salt in a stockpot. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover, and simmer 1 hour. This should make beans tender. Drain, reserving 1 1/2 cups of the cooking liquid. In small bowl, dissolve the mustard in bean liquid and add onion, chutney. Stir into beans. Pour half of the bean mixture into a 2 or 3 quart lidded casserole dish. Top with half of the sliced apples, peaches, and apricots, then pour in the rest of the bean mixture and top with the rest of the fruit. Combine the rice syrup and the molasses and pour evenly over the top. Cover and bake in oven preheated to 325 for 1 hour, then remove the cover and bake for another 30 minutes. Serve steaming hot. Print This Recipe You'll Need Adobe Reader Also From The 2003 Edition of Celebrations, Butternut Squash Soup Want To Add An Article? Be Notified Of New Kind Planet Content? Communicate With Us? Contact Kind Planet is created at The Sanctuary. Lost? Go to the Site Map or Search Our Site